Kuyper saw two “lords” at work in the spirit of the age around him, contesting the lordship of Jesus Christ. The first lord, Bratt explains, was Mammon, which he defines as “a thorough absorption in getting and spending within the horizon of the material world.” … The second lord was more intriguing to me: Art.... Continue Reading

So Congress implemented a tax credit to facilitate adoption – a process that is so extraordinarily expensive that it is out of reach for many middle-class families — and the IRS responded by implementing an audit campaign that delayed much-needed tax refunds to the very families that needed them the most. Oh, and the return on its investment in this harassment?... Continue Reading

Our view of God cannot be formed through the lens of a fallen world with eyesight distorted by cataracts of pride.  We must understand Him as He wants us to understand Him.  We want to embrace God for who He is and ourselves for who we are.  That’s called operating in the fear of the... Continue Reading

Jonathan Edwards’ writings fill twenty-five imposing volumes in the Yale Works. The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University, a beacon of unfiltered light in American academe, has plans to disseminate many more online. Did you catch that, or did your eyes skip over it? 25 volumes! And they’re not boring or meandering. If you just... Continue Reading

How could the right sort of liberalism be distinguished from the wrong sort? Ad fontes! Go to the origins. I made a fresh attempt to understand the historical source of the problem. I found that the Reformation gradually gave rise to two forms of liberal Christianity. One of these was deeply involved in the first... Continue Reading

So, it’s not a matter of spiritualizing the OT prophets, since the charge of spiritualizing assumes things that aren’t true—that those who follow the NT pattern aren’t reading Scripture the way it’s intended to be read. This approach is in contrast to, e.g., the classic/modified dispensational approach which (e.g., J. Dwight Pentecost, Things to Come)... Continue Reading

Opposition to gay marriage has become conflated with all sorts of other anti-government grievances coming from the right and the atmosphere in the country is particularly volatile, the BBC’s Hugh Schofield says. France is now the ninth country in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalize gay marriage.   Tens of thousands of people have rallied... Continue Reading

These posts will be of interest not only to ARPs but also to those who seek a better understanding of how the ARPC differs from other American Presbyterian groups. … In the first installment of this three-part series we looked at the 19th-century theological identity of the ARP Church (then known as the Associate Reformed Church).... Continue Reading

We’ve surrendered on marriage in too many ways: on its permanence, on fidelity, and even too many times on its nature rooted in sexual complementarity. Just because we’re not marrying two grooms or two brides, yet, doesn’t mean we’re standing firm on marriage. We’ll talk about how to disciple people toward Ephesians 5, not toward... Continue Reading

One of the largest Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations in the United States is presently weighing the possibility of leaving the denomination due to theological differences. First Presbyterian Church of Houston, founded in the early nineteenth century and with an estimated 3,600 members, voted earlier this year to enter a discernment process over the possibility of... Continue Reading